HOTPEN– A heavy downpour that led to a devastating flood has displaced no fewer than eleven communities in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The Council’s Chairman, Hon. Shehu Sule Udi disclosed to reporters during an interview in one of the IDP’s camps that, the communities were ravaged and displaced by a perennial flooding which killed many persons, destroyed hundreds of Houses, farmlands and other properties as a result of overflow of Tiga dam.
Udi further highlighted communities sacked by the flood as: Dabi, Majiyawa, Dingare, gabarin, Yandutse, Malamawar yandutse, Cori, Gujaba, Sankara, Auramo and Garin Gada among others.
A victim of the flood in Majiyawa Village, Malam Ibrahim, while expressing his sadness to newsmen said, the flood had washed away their homes, farmlands and other valuable properties in their possession.
In reaction to the plight of the flood victims, The Chairman revealed that, the local Government had evacuated and relocated the victims to Ringim and Gerawa’s Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDPs) as well as provided them with food, good drinking water and medication.
Udi in a final note, pleaded with both state and federal government as well as philantropist as a matter of urgency to look into the matter of the victims and provide relief for them.
Hotpen reports that in a related event, 8 persons were confirmed dead and 5 injured when a canoe capsized while enroute to another destination within the Ringim local Government.